---
name: "kldfirstmod"
section: "2"
platform: "linux"
package: "freebsd-manpages"
version: "6.0-5"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kldfirstmod"
---

# kldfirstmod(2)

return first module id from the kld file specified

## NAME

**kldfirstmod** – return first module id from the kld file specified

## LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<sys/param.h\>**

**#include \<sys/linker.h\>**

*int*\

**kldfirstmod**(*int fileid*);

## DESCRIPTION

The **kldfirstmod**() system call returns the module id pertaining to the first module referenced by *fileid*.

## RETURN VALUES

The **kldfirstmod**() will return the id of the first module referenced by *fileid* or 0 if there are no references.

## ERRORS

- \[ENOENT\]

  The kld file referenced by *fileid* was not found.

## SEE ALSO

[kldfind(2)](/kldfind/2.md), [kldload(2)](/kldload/2.md), [kldnext(2)](/kldnext/2.md), [kldstat(2)](/kldstat/2.md), [kldsym(2)](/kldsym/2.md), [kldunload(2)](/kldunload/2.md), [modfind(2)](/modfind/2.md), [modfnext(2)](/modfnext/2.md), [modnext(2)](/modnext/2.md), [modstat(2)](/modstat/2.md), [kld(4)](/kld/4.md), [kldstat(8)](/kldstat/8.md)

## HISTORY

The **kld** interface first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.